Improvement in automatic fans



B. LINGANE.

AUTOMATIC FAN.

rammed Dec. 7,1875.

IJVVEJV'TOR Attorney ZINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BART LINGANE, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATIC FANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,863, dated December7, 1875; application filed September 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BART LINGrANE, of Decatur, in the county of Maconand in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fly-Brush or Fans and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters of reference marked thereon,

of the frame which holds the paper or cloth brushes.

In the figures, A represents the beam or ceiling, to which the severalparts are hung. B represents an ordinary frame for holding clock-work,said work being of the kind in general use for clocks. To the shaft ofone of the wheels is secured a crank or crank-wheel, O. D D representtwo metallic rods, which connect with the pulleys e e at their upperends, and to their lower ends, at a: m, are hinged the bails or handlesm m of the frame K. The pulleys c e are hung by screw-bolts, which takeinto the ceiling, as seen. F represents a metallic rod, which connectsthe crank-wheel O to one of the rods D.

The frame K is made of metal, and has a series of bars,l l, securedacross it, upon which large sheets of paper or suitable cloths may behung to frighten away the flies when the said frame is in motion.

mm are metallic bails or handles to the frame for making it hang level,and for connecting it to the rods which communicate motion to it.

The bails being looped into the hooks at the lower ends of the rods, theframe and its fans can be readily detached from the rods for renewingthe fans, or for storing the same away in winter season, withoutdisturbing the rods or the other mechanism.

G represents a cord, which is secured to one of the rods D. One end ofthis rod passes over a pulley at I, hung to the ceiling in a similarmanner to the others, while the other passes through the eye of a boltor over a pulley, as may be desirable, and has a weight, H, secured toit. This cord enables the frame to be operated by a boy-the boydrawingit in one direction, while the weight draws itin the other..

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a clock machinery,

crank-wheel O, pitman F, and rods D D, 0011- nectcd with the pulleys 00,the detachable frame K, provided with the fly-brushes, and with thebails m m, hinged at m a: to the rods D D, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 29th day of July, 1875.

BART LINGANE. Witnesses:

EDWARD GALVIN, PATRrcK OGoNNoR.

